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growing the economy, not the government. and the house republican budget reflects just those priorities. it's a budget that does something else too. it actually balances. it actually balances. that's important for a number of reasons, not the least of which it would help unleash economic growth and bring down our country's massive, massive debt load. interest payments on the national debt alone are set to exceed everything we spend on defense. interest on the national debt is going to exceed everything we spend on defense in just a few years time. so the path we're on is clearly not sustainable. with that in mind i hope democrats will offer some, something serious today rather than what i hear may be the case. i hope they face up to the fact that they already got the revenue they're going to get. they already got the revenue they're going to get. so they can startle doing with the real issues that are leading us to fiscal ruin. i hope they will finally stop trying to shield the washington establishment from every attempt to
growing the economy, not the government. and the house republican budget reflects just those priorities. it's a budget that does something else too. it actually balances. it actually balances. that's important for a number of reasons, not the least of which it would help unleash economic growth and bring down our country's massive, massive debt load. interest payments on the national debt alone are set to exceed everything we spend on defense. interest on the national debt is going to exceed...
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the global economy is real. everything you buy, everything you sell, everything he touches impacted by things happening halfway around the world. the information age is real and has made our life easier. it's a
the global economy is real. everything you buy, everything you sell, everything he touches impacted by things happening halfway around the world. the information age is real and has made our life easier. it's a
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, dragging down the economy. so, madam president, i come to the floor today to support the amendment by senator cruz because the american people know what they were looking for in health care reform, which was, of course, the care they need from a doctor they choose, at lower cost. and that was not at all provided urn the president's health care law -- under the president's health care law. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the calling of the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: thank you, madam president. madam president, i rise to speak today in opposition to the cruz amendment which would prohibit any funding in the continuing resolution from being used to carry out the goals of the affordable care act. the broad scope of this amendment clearly indicates
, dragging down the economy. so, madam president, i come to the floor today to support the amendment by senator cruz because the american people know what they were looking for in health care reform, which was, of course, the care they need from a doctor they choose, at lower cost. and that was not at all provided urn the president's health care law -- under the president's health care law. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer:...
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it's largely a function of the private economy. it's largely a function of the private economy. and it's a cycle that's very well understood. someone has a really good idea for a business, a new business, or growing their existing business. they somehow get access to money, whether it's their own money or money they borrowed or money someone invests through them, and they open this business. there's no guarantee that that business is going to work out. but they are willing to risk it. and the idea works. and all of a sudden this business that they started all by themselves out of the spare bedroom of their home, they now have five employees. and five employees isn't just a number. that's five families that are taking home a paycheck. those are five providers -- mothers or fathers -- that are bringing home opportunities to their children. this is how prosperity is created. this is how every one of us has ever gotten a job or how our parents got their jobs, or -- either because they or someone else risked it and created a business opportunity that provides them a job. this is how
it's largely a function of the private economy. it's largely a function of the private economy. and it's a cycle that's very well understood. someone has a really good idea for a business, a new business, or growing their existing business. they somehow get access to money, whether it's their own money or money they borrowed or money someone invests through them, and they open this business. there's no guarantee that that business is going to work out. but they are willing to risk it. and the...
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grow the economy, not grow more government. grow the economy. that is what makes us more competitive, puts more people back to work. that is what puts us on a pact n a path to american prosperity. these things will not be easy. it will require time, and it will demand political will, and it will demand political courage. so let's get moving. the senate majority leader says let's stop wasting tievmen wast. i couldn't agree more. mr. majority leader, allow members to offer their amendments. your members, our members, ones we like, ones we don't like. we are sent here to make the tough choices, to make our "yes" oregoor our "no." so instead of standing here speaking to an empty chamber, members wondering, letting the clock run inso that these amendments can be closed out and never offered you should this bill, we should be debating these. and in doing so, we can get to the point where we will have our final vote and hopefully we will be funding the government going forward. it's called regular business and that ought to be our focus. growing this e
grow the economy, not grow more government. grow the economy. that is what makes us more competitive, puts more people back to work. that is what puts us on a pact n a path to american prosperity. these things will not be easy. it will require time, and it will demand political will, and it will demand political courage. so let's get moving. the senate majority leader says let's stop wasting tievmen wast. i couldn't agree more. mr. majority leader, allow members to offer their amendments. your...
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, on the economy altogether. obamacare includes more than 20 tax increases. the joint committee on taxation estimates that over the next ten years obamacare will raise $1 trillion in taxes. that's $1 trillion from the private sector that's not going to be available to use -- be used to hire new workers. job losses, just in the medical device industry, as a result of the medical device excise tax could total as much as $47,100 or 10% of the medical device industry employment. those job losses are not needed -- those job losses are not driven by market conditions. those job losses are driven by one thing, which is the policy decisions of the federal government to implement obamacare. on march 5, 2013, russell george the inspector general for the i.r.s., testified to the house committee a eption pros. "it is unprecedenced in recent history the amount of responsibility the i.r.s. is being given in an area that most people don't think of as an i.r.s. function." he went on, "this is going to lead to problems." the cong
, on the economy altogether. obamacare includes more than 20 tax increases. the joint committee on taxation estimates that over the next ten years obamacare will raise $1 trillion in taxes. that's $1 trillion from the private sector that's not going to be available to use -- be used to hire new workers. job losses, just in the medical device industry, as a result of the medical device excise tax could total as much as $47,100 or 10% of the medical device industry employment. those job losses...
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i didn't run a campaign on jobs and the economy, jobbing and the economy, jobs and the economy and beat that drum until i beat people into sleep. that's part of it, all right, but all of the rest of this has to be added together, or we can never reconstruct this country. we will not get the pillars of american exceptionalism back together. [applause] unless we have the full spectrum. if we can restore our families and strengthen our faith and protect innocent, unborn human life instead of assaulting it with a half a billion dollars appropriated to planned parenthood in a single year. that's gotta go. obamacare has got to go. [cheers and applause] we can't let up on obamacare and believe that somehow we're going to capitulate to that side because the roads are vitality, and it is an unconstitutional taking of god-given american liberty, and it's got to go. [cheers and applause] ronald reagan omelet me down a couple -- only let me down a couple of times in eight years. one of those was 1986, and i still had the dent after i heard on the news he had signed the amnesty act of 1986. but it w
i didn't run a campaign on jobs and the economy, jobbing and the economy, jobs and the economy and beat that drum until i beat people into sleep. that's part of it, all right, but all of the rest of this has to be added together, or we can never reconstruct this country. we will not get the pillars of american exceptionalism back together. [applause] unless we have the full spectrum. if we can restore our families and strengthen our faith and protect innocent, unborn human life instead of...
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this budget grows government, not the private economy. this budget taxes too much and spends too much. this budget doesn't balance today, tomorrow, or ever. this budget keeps us at the edge of a fiscal crisis with no flexibility to respond to future emergencies. that being the case, this budget should be soundly rejected by anyone who cares about our nation's future and about prosperity and opportunity for america's middle class. now, madam president, i'd like to take a few minutes to talk about the temporary assistance for needy families or tan f program. authority for tanf expired in 2010. since that time the program limped along on short-term extensions. president obama never submitted a tanf reorganization to congress for consideration. senate democrats who have been in the majority since 2007 have never proposed a reauthorization of tanf. instead of submitting a reauthorization proposal that can be considered in regular order on a bipartisan basis, the obama administration instead unilaterally granted themselves the authority to waiv
this budget grows government, not the private economy. this budget taxes too much and spends too much. this budget doesn't balance today, tomorrow, or ever. this budget keeps us at the edge of a fiscal crisis with no flexibility to respond to future emergencies. that being the case, this budget should be soundly rejected by anyone who cares about our nation's future and about prosperity and opportunity for america's middle class. now, madam president, i'd like to take a few minutes to talk...
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does this really sound like an economy that can stand another massive tax increase? i don't think so. president obama said to abc news that we shouldn't try to balance the budget just for the sake of balance. well, once again the president was knocking down a strawman. we weren't talking about doing something symbolic. we were talking about doing something real, something that would benefit the economy and job growth and getting people back to work instead of dependency which i know none of them want. we see more and more people on food stamps, more people receiving disability benefits, more people on unemployment. people who would like to get back to work and to regain their sense of dignity and self-sufficiency but because the economy is growing so slowly, they can't do that. we believe that balancing the budget and reducing our debt burden is absolutely essential to long-term economic growth. long-term economic growth which creates more jobs, more taxpayers, people actually putting money into the treasury to help us balance our deficits. we also believe that balan
does this really sound like an economy that can stand another massive tax increase? i don't think so. president obama said to abc news that we shouldn't try to balance the budget just for the sake of balance. well, once again the president was knocking down a strawman. we weren't talking about doing something symbolic. we were talking about doing something real, something that would benefit the economy and job growth and getting people back to work instead of dependency which i know none of...
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and global economy. they are doing it, we are seeing them succeed in a lot of different ways. the productivity story is good. that is where elevating standard of living comes from. that is -- we are looking at more confidence going forward now. >> and the dycotomi has been that the smaller businesses have not been able to do that. >> we have to stop picking on them. >> mike and tony will stay with us. situation in cyprus is as dicey as ever. question, will russia come to the rescue? will the banks there ever reopen? and will it stay in the eu? we've reports from moscow and cyprus, coming up next, please stay with us. >> situation in cyprus getting worse today, banks will not open until next week at the he earliest. good evening michelle. >> larry, another day, another attempt to try to come up with a rescue plan for cyprus, today cyprus suggested that they would try to raid a pension fund, and promise to pay the workers down the road. but that idea was not liked. additionally they are trying get money fr
and global economy. they are doing it, we are seeing them succeed in a lot of different ways. the productivity story is good. that is where elevating standard of living comes from. that is -- we are looking at more confidence going forward now. >> and the dycotomi has been that the smaller businesses have not been able to do that. >> we have to stop picking on them. >> mike and tony will stay with us. situation in cyprus is as dicey as ever. question, will russia come to the...
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rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. [ both laughing ] but our plants were starving. [ man ] we love to eat. we just didn't know that our plants did, too. then we started using miracle-gro liquafeed every two weeks. now our plants get the food they need while we water. dinner's ready. come and get it. no one goes hungry in this house. so they're bigger, healthier, and more beautiful. guaranteed. with miracle-gro anyone can have a green thumb. and a second helping. [ both laughing ] when you feed your plants... everyone grows with miracle-gro. everyone grows michael, tell us why you used to book this fabulous hotel? well you can see if the hotel is pet friendly before you book it, and i got a great deal without bidding. and where's your furry friend? oh, i
rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. [ both laughing ] but our plants were starving. [ man ] we love to eat. we just didn't know that our plants did, too. then we started using miracle-gro...
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they are blaming the weak economy. their sales are down by double digits. a quarterly loss going forward. they have been losing out to their rivals, american eagle and abercrombie. aeropostale was outpacing abercrombie year to date. back to you. connell: thank you, nicole. we are going to update our coverage now on the cyber threat. the chinese government wants to open cyber security talks with the united states. this just came out today. china resolutely opposes hacking in any form. they would like to communicate with the united states about cyber security. this all coming on the heels of a phone call made between president obama and china's new president. the two leaders agreed to maintain frequent and direct communication. moments ago, white house officials told our old peter barnes that jack lew will press china on the issue. he will travel there next week. here is what jack lew had to say. >> i can tell you there has been no change in policy. we have very high standards offer tech in policy. we are going to continue to protect americans as we go throug
they are blaming the weak economy. their sales are down by double digits. a quarterly loss going forward. they have been losing out to their rivals, american eagle and abercrombie. aeropostale was outpacing abercrombie year to date. back to you. connell: thank you, nicole. we are going to update our coverage now on the cyber threat. the chinese government wants to open cyber security talks with the united states. this just came out today. china resolutely opposes hacking in any form. they would...
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our economy is stagnant and a lot of people are hurting. and that's where my focus remains, every day. >> shannon: you mentioned that republicans and democrats, you question whether or not they have read the constitution recently and if they adhere to it and if they are really familiar with what it is at its core. how do you reconfigure? how does either party get back to that? >> i think we are seeing a rejuvenation in the republican party. visaid for a while. i think -- i have said for a while, i think the best thing that happened to republicans was to get our teeth kicked in by 2008. by 2006, 2008, i think that republicans had stopped standing for principle. we saw a new generation of leaders step forward in 2010 and more continue in 2012, who are really focused on getting back to our core principles, getting back to the constitution and getting back to free market principles. i think far too many republicans had gone along to get along. had agreed with democrats and exploding the size of government -- i mean, that's how we have gotten a
our economy is stagnant and a lot of people are hurting. and that's where my focus remains, every day. >> shannon: you mentioned that republicans and democrats, you question whether or not they have read the constitution recently and if they adhere to it and if they are really familiar with what it is at its core. how do you reconfigure? how does either party get back to that? >> i think we are seeing a rejuvenation in the republican party. visaid for a while. i think -- i have said...
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>> part of the problem is the economy itself. we have 12 million people unemployed and 40 percent have been unemploy god more -- unemployed to more than six months. the economy has not been kind or the great recession kind to younger people. a lot is not to be blamed on them. there are some things they can do, a couple of things. they tend to get into the workforce later and not contributing to the 401(k)'s or owning stock and they did not participate in the big bull run. when you get a 401(k) and when you can have an i.r.a., put all the money you can as much as you are allowed to, put it in that. many of them are not buying houses but living with that are parents. but home prices are starting to go up, and buying a home will be good, as well. having a family. they are delaying having family. when you are part of a family you tend to budget better and you are constant because you think of your the rest. these all things that are part of the younger generation but they can change. >>heather: steps they can take to change their per
>> part of the problem is the economy itself. we have 12 million people unemployed and 40 percent have been unemploy god more -- unemployed to more than six months. the economy has not been kind or the great recession kind to younger people. a lot is not to be blamed on them. there are some things they can do, a couple of things. they tend to get into the workforce later and not contributing to the 401(k)'s or owning stock and they did not participate in the big bull run. when you get a...
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this was a way to try to connect central asian economies of south asian economies. president karzai talked about afghanistan as being a central agent -- asian roundabout which goods and services could move. i thought that was right. i also thought that might have been just a beginning. just to also lead not transit benefits for afghanistan and pakistan but someday also to foreign direct investments and other economic ties. that is why we worked so hard on some of the components of this area. we finally finished the transit trade agreement. there is a concept of this effort on the new silk road. they did some are talking about the possibilities afghanistan for investment bayer. i will say one other thing. we tried to pursue this as a whole of government efforts. everybody is working together trying to move this efforts on the new silk road going forward. me that this to highlights of that aspect of diplomacy that talked about in the beginning, power assignment laity. the problem is the picture of warfare to which we claim. peace-making by diplomats. peace building bu
this was a way to try to connect central asian economies of south asian economies. president karzai talked about afghanistan as being a central agent -- asian roundabout which goods and services could move. i thought that was right. i also thought that might have been just a beginning. just to also lead not transit benefits for afghanistan and pakistan but someday also to foreign direct investments and other economic ties. that is why we worked so hard on some of the components of this area. we...
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we see when an economy is recovering from an reese significance, and embraces as you tirt, the economy crumbles. that's what happened in japan in the 1990's. that's what happened in this country in 1937. we must learn from this lesson. in fact, experts say that the republican budget will result in two million fewer american jobs and will decrease the economic growth by 1.7%. mr. speaker, what we have to do is invest in our economy, nation build here at home, in america, and this is a vehicle for growth. we should not be cutting those kinds of investments. austerity is short sight the and we should reject it. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from montana rise? mr. danes: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. danes: -- . mr. daines: mr. speaker, one of the best parts of my job is hearing from the people i serve in the great state of montana. and while one million montanans offer a lot of different ideas and
we see when an economy is recovering from an reese significance, and embraces as you tirt, the economy crumbles. that's what happened in japan in the 1990's. that's what happened in this country in 1937. we must learn from this lesson. in fact, experts say that the republican budget will result in two million fewer american jobs and will decrease the economic growth by 1.7%. mr. speaker, what we have to do is invest in our economy, nation build here at home, in america, and this is a vehicle...
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i anderson and the economy is bad, but people work to work three jobs. if those people can find to work three jobs part-time, the people that need the phone that you say they need the phone, they can get one job to get a telephone. host: if you want to talk about some of the original debate when the universal service fund was first created. the coste thought was of providing phone service to rural areas, a farmer in rural iowa who has a job and makes a living and works hard for the deemg, but phone companies it not profitable to string up a phone line out to this very far rural area to provide service to one household. the thought was beginning in the 1930's was that the federal government can subsidize and help the phone company to provide that phone line. and it's very hard-working farmer in rural iowa will have a connection to be able to call an ambulance, to connect with his local government, to be able to , to determineore daily prices on commodities. that is the purpose of the high cost fund, to provide service to areas that the phone companies oth
i anderson and the economy is bad, but people work to work three jobs. if those people can find to work three jobs part-time, the people that need the phone that you say they need the phone, they can get one job to get a telephone. host: if you want to talk about some of the original debate when the universal service fund was first created. the coste thought was of providing phone service to rural areas, a farmer in rural iowa who has a job and makes a living and works hard for the deemg, but...
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they both take money out of the economy. they both slow the economy. and, yes, they create this idea of austerity. but, look, it's a balancing problem. you need on the one hand to deal with as you well know budget deficits and debt. and on the other hand you need to keep growth going. here's an interesting thing i saw over the weekend just briefly. the recession in greece which is actually a depression, if you line it up against the u.s. great depression in 1929, it looks a lot a like in terms of how much unemployment there is, how much the economy has contracted. greece is having our great depression of the late 1920s. >> wow. >> all right. moving on to washington now. >> a lot nicer setting. >> president obama's renewed push for a grand bargain may be showing some early signs of paying off, at least with one top republican. senator bob corker of tennessee says he could envision raising tax revenue if democrats embrace big changes to medicare and social security. corker's position on sunday puts him at odds with other members of his party, including h
they both take money out of the economy. they both slow the economy. and, yes, they create this idea of austerity. but, look, it's a balancing problem. you need on the one hand to deal with as you well know budget deficits and debt. and on the other hand you need to keep growth going. here's an interesting thing i saw over the weekend just briefly. the recession in greece which is actually a depression, if you line it up against the u.s. great depression in 1929, it looks a lot a like in terms...
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what does it take to get the economy going a little bit more? is that a bigger priority in terms of the role of government that even dealing with some of our shorter term debt. >> david gregory and chuck todd, see you coming up "the daily rundown, chuck." joining us from capitol hill is chairman of the house budget committee, congressman paul ryan. good to see you. >> how are you doing? >> good. looking at the framework of your budget are there any bargaining chips in it? >> oh, sure. look. mika, we take spending down by 4.6 trillion the next decade meaning spending grows by 3.4% the next decade instead of the 5% it's now on. somewhere between that 5% and 3.4% is probably in agreement. i've long been saying since this election i know we will not get everything we want but hopefully a down payment on the problem and step in the right direction. what i'm pleased about with the senate acting today on putting their budget together at least they are doing a budget. look. i don't like their budget but the vehicle is here, the process is being revived.
what does it take to get the economy going a little bit more? is that a bigger priority in terms of the role of government that even dealing with some of our shorter term debt. >> david gregory and chuck todd, see you coming up "the daily rundown, chuck." joining us from capitol hill is chairman of the house budget committee, congressman paul ryan. good to see you. >> how are you doing? >> good. looking at the framework of your budget are there any bargaining chips...
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we think it's going to hurt the economy. we're balancing the budget to get a health year economy and create more jobs. we want to give our kids a debt free nation and get government to live within its means. that's what really balanced means. not raising taxes and spending. >> brian: you think you can get something done in conference from what you've seen of patty murray's -- what she's submitting? it doesn't seem like you can. i don't see how you can do this. >> you would not conclude that by looking at these two different approaches. we're cutting spending. we're getting reforming government. we're opening up energy exploration, we're reforming the tax code. we're not raising taxes. we repeal obamacare. yes, we still do not like this law. we think it will be a terrible outcome of this law. it hasn't been fully implemented yet. it's got two years to go. we think we should repeal it and replace it. we haven't changed our opinion on that. if you look at these two budgets, we're two worlds apart. we're on different planets. bu
we think it's going to hurt the economy. we're balancing the budget to get a health year economy and create more jobs. we want to give our kids a debt free nation and get government to live within its means. that's what really balanced means. not raising taxes and spending. >> brian: you think you can get something done in conference from what you've seen of patty murray's -- what she's submitting? it doesn't seem like you can. i don't see how you can do this. >> you would not...
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agriculture is an essential part of who we are as montanans. 50% of montana's economy is tied to ranching and farming, supporting one in five jobs in montana. i had the privilege to grow up on a ranch outside helena, montana. it taught me firsthand the values of hard work, faith, family and doing what's right. those are the values i take to me with work every day. paul harvey, who got his start in broadcasting in montana, said it best in this poem, "so god made a farmer." "god looked down on the earth he created and said i need a caretaker for this world i made. and so god made a farmer. so as part of trying to bridge that divide between washington, d.c. and montana, i honor the strong legacy of farming and ranching montanans in montana by celebrating national ag day. those montana families involved in agriculture is so much more than a livelihood. it is a way of life. i'm honored to represent so many ranchers, so many farmers from montana who have dedicated their life to the land, providing the service that everyone in the world benefits from. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president?
agriculture is an essential part of who we are as montanans. 50% of montana's economy is tied to ranching and farming, supporting one in five jobs in montana. i had the privilege to grow up on a ranch outside helena, montana. it taught me firsthand the values of hard work, faith, family and doing what's right. those are the values i take to me with work every day. paul harvey, who got his start in broadcasting in montana, said it best in this poem, "so god made a farmer." "god...